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VCT APAC Last Chance: Shinobi to coach Global Esports

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VCT APAC Last Chance: Shinobi to coach Global Esports

Bhavin “HellrangeR”  Kotwani from Global Esports on Twitter has announced the addition of Josh “shinobi” Abastado to their Valorant division and will guide the team throughout the APAC Last Chance Qualifier.  

After their triumph over Velocity Gaming at the Nodwin powered Valorant Conquerors Championship in South Asia, Global Esports managed to secure the lone spot at the APAC LCQ tournament, a final passage towards the Valorant Champions, a global event to be held later this year in Berlin. Since then, the team has absolutely been on Cloud 9 as the Indian Valorant community now looks forward to watching Global Esports represent their region, further in the VCT circuit. 

It has now been confirmed that Shinobi has temporarily taken up the reins as a head coach at Global Esports and will work with the team ahead of the APAC Last Chance Qualifier. This was indeed confirmed by Ganesh “SkRossi” Gangadhar while streaming on YouTube as it was earlier hinted by the former and HellrangeR as well. Earlier, HellrangeR had posted on Twitter, to find his team an international coach/analyst, surprisingly to which they signed Shinobi. Global Esports will travel to Thailand for their boot camp and compete at the forthcoming tournament to neutralize the massive latency between them and the rest of the teams.

Shinobi once was a part of the founding Cloud9 Blue Valorant squad until both parties decided to part ways in December 2020. During his time with Cloud9, he steered the North American organization to a plethora of top three finishes involving runner-ups at Pulse and PAX Area Invitationals. The 27 year-old will now help Global Esports chalk out their plans for the VCT APAC LCQ although this won’t be a full-time opportunity for the ex-Cloud9 In-game leader.

With this addition, Global Esports are now:

  • Bhavin “HellrangeR” Kotwani (Captain and In-game Leader)
  • Akshay “KappA” Sinkar
  • Abhirup “Lightningfast” Choudhury
  • Ganesh “SkRossi” Gangadhar
  • Jayanth “skillZ” Ramesh
  • Josh “shinobi” Abastado (Coach)

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Arcane, League Of Legends Anime Adaptation Gets A Release Date

Prateek Jain
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Arcane, League Of Legends Anime Adaptation Gets A Release Date

Arcane, Netflix’s adaptation of Riot’s hugely popular MOBA game, League Of Legends just got a release date announcement accompanied by an extended trailer teasing the intense action and drama-packed story set in the world of LoL. 

Yesterday (25th Sept), Netflix announced the release date of Act-1 of Arcane during its annual Tudum event. The 3-hour long Tudum event was packed with various announcements and reveals including teasers for Stranger Things’ fourth season, Cowboy Bebop, Cobra Kai’s fourth season, La Casa de Papel (aka Money Heist), Arcane, and Witcher Season 2. 

Arcane is a series developed and produced by Riot Games is “set in utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun, the story follows the origins of two iconic League champions— and the power that will tear them apart.” Arcane follows the backstories of two of the LoL’s most popular champions — sisters Jinx and Vi. The story revolves around the delicate balance and tension between the rich city of Piltover and the seedy underbelly of Zaun. Other characters from the League of Legends universe set to make an appearance in the show includes Jayce, Caitlyn, Silco, Mel, Vander, and Viktor. 

The cast of the show is filled with celebrities such as Hailee Steinfeld playing Vi, and Ella Purnell playing Jinx. Other League characters set to make an appearance are voice acted by Katie Leung as Caitlyn, Kevin Alejandro as Jayce, Jason Spisak as Silco, Toks Olagundoye as Mel, JB Blanc as Vander, and Harry Lloyd as Viktor.

The show is structured into three distinct acts with three episodes per act. The first three episodes focus on the very beginnings of the two sisters (from the League of Legends video game) and will launch on November 6. The second act will launch a week later on November 13, and the third act will release on November 20.

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ESPL became first ever IPL-styled Free Fire event in the world

Divyesh Moghe
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ESPL became first ever IPL-styled Free Fire event in the world

Free Fire Esports has recently gained a lot of traction in India as the game has been attracting large player base and fans towards their competitive side. ESPL was the first franchise or IPL formatted Free Fire tournament which recently concluded with immense success.

Esports Premier League gave a big opportunity to Indian Free Fire players to participate in an open-for-all tournament and climb their way through multiple qualifiers for competing with the professional teams.

The initial qualifiers saw some insane number of participation as a total registrations crossed 1 Million mark. This impressive feat was a result of organizers’ effort to promote the tournament to very grassroot levels.

Multiple teams fought through rigorous levels of competition and finally, eight teams were distributed in an IPL-styled format with each roster representing a city. After a long battle, Mumbai Marshalls emerged victorious and walked away with ₹12 Lakhs and bragging rights.

The organizers also tried to represent ESPL as a blend of traditional sports and rising esports industry. Sports Ministers of Mumbai, Punjab, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, and Rajasthan extended their support for ESPL and sent wishes for their respective teams.

Famous Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff was also signed as the brand ambassador for ESPL and such collaborations made this event a huge hit. Apart from various partnerships, ESPL have attained some incredible feats. The livestreams have cumulatively attained more than 100 million views and have made 200+ million impressions.

TSM FTX played for Mumbai under the name of Mumbai Marshalls and dominated in the tournament by having a steady upper hand in fights. They won the biggest chunk of ₹25,00,000 prize pool and lifted the trophy at the awards ceremony.

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How to watch PGL Major Stockholm 2021?

Aritra Patra
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How to watch PGL Major Stockholm 2021?

During the last 2 years, there were no CSGO Majors due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation around the world. After such a long time, the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 is going to take place in the Avicii arena as the Swedish government has withdrawn all the restrictions for esports events.

This major is going to start from 26th October with a $2 million prize pool and 24 teams from all over the world will compete. The tickets for the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 are already on sale.

How to watch PGL Major Stockholm 2021?

The PGL Major Stockholm 2021 live broadcast will start from 26th October on the official PGL Twitch channel.

PGL Major Stockholm 2021 qualified teams

Teams will need to go through the Regional Major Rankings (RMR) events to get qualified for the Major. Teams from North America, Europe, South America, CIS, Oceania, and Asia will compete for the Major.

The only confirmed team till now for the major is Natus Vincere. A few other expected teams are – Astralis, Team Liquid, Vitality, G2 Esports, Heroic, etc.

PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Legends teams

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TBDNorth AmericaTBD
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TBDCISTBD
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PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Challengers teams

TeamRegionPlayers
TBDEuropeTBD
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TBDNorth AmericaTBD
TBDCISTBD

PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Contenders teams

TeamRegionPlayers
TBDEuropeTBD
TBDEuropeTBD
TBDNorth AmericaTBD
Natus VincereCISs1mple, electronic, Boombl4, Perfecto, B1T
TBDCISTBD
TBDSouth AmericaTBD
TBDAsiaTBD
TBDOceaniaTBD

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How To Download The Halo Infinite Test Flight For PC And Console?

Prateek Jain
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How To Download The Halo Infinite Test Flight For PC And Console?

Microsoft’s highly anticipated sequel to the legendary Halo series is almost ready for its release later this year on PC and Xbox consoles with some lucky users getting a chance to try out the beta version of the game now before the full release. 

Halo Infinite Test Flight a.k.a exclusive Beta, is an invite-only beta program that only a selected few will get to try out. The Test Flight of Halo Infinite is free and an early build of the game is provided to each selected participant for download. If you are selected for the Test Flight program then you will receive an email with the invitation to download the latest Test Flight game build.

After receiving the email follow the steps below to download the game on your Xbox consoles or PC. 

For Xbox Consoles 

Halo Infinite is an Xbox-only title meaning you can only play the game on the Xbox platform consoles. For consoles players, the game is available only on Xbox One family and Xbox Series family consoles. 

To download the Halo Infinite Test Flight, head on to the store and download Xbox Insider Hub App. Now open the app in your console and go to the Previews section in the app. Here you will see an entry for Halo Infinite – Insider. Click on it and then press join at the end of the window. 

After joining the Test Flight, hold down the Xbox button on your controller and restart the console. Now once your console boots up, the Xbox Store will get an automatic update which will install the Halo Infinite – Insider app in your library. Now, go to My games & apps, Full Library, and then All owned games to see your entire library. Scroll down until you find Halo Infinite – Insider and download it.

For PC users (Windows only)

Halo Infinite for PC is only available on Windows 10 or above. To download the Test Flight simply visit the Halo Waypoint website and sign in to your account. After sign-in, click on your profile picture on the top right corner of the screen and then select Halo Insider from the drop-down bar. 

A new window will open up, scroll down to the section called My Flights. If you were selected, there will be a new entry for a Halo Infinite Test Preview. To right, under the Additional Info column will be a Steam Key. Note down or copy the key and then open up the Steam client. In Steam, click on “Games” on the top bar and select “Activate a product on Steam.” Paste the steam key you copied before and press OK. Now the game will be registered to your account and will start downloading. 

Report: US Government Opens Subpoenaed Against Activision Blizzard and Bobby Kotick

Prateek Jain
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Report: US Government Opens Subpoenaed Against Activision Blizzard and Bobby Kotick

The Security and Exchange Commission of the US Government has reportedly opened a Sunpoenaed against Activision Blizzard with a wide-reaching investigation involving many top-level employees and CEO, Bobby Kotick.  

In a report by Wall Street Journal, SEC is the latest government body to claim irregularities and open investigation into the company over the multiple allegations of sexual harassment, abuse, and toxic behavior that became public following a California Department of Fair Employment and Housing lawsuit filed in July.  As per WSJ, the SEC is asking the publisher to hand over various documents including the CEO’s communication with executives and personal files of six previous employees that complaint of sexual harassment and discrimination to the CEO. 

The Subpoenaed this time isn’t strictly about justice against sexual harassment, abuse, and toxic behavior; the SEC is looking out for investors who also filed a lawsuit against the company over its handling of legal issues and disclosure to investors. The WSJ explains that the SEC is investigating Activision Blizzard and its executives to figure out whether they correctly and adequately disclosed allegations of workplace harassment and gender-pay issues to investors and if the disclosures happened quickly enough without any attempts to bury reports. 

This is yet another serious legal problem for Activision Blizzard this month right after the employee union sued the company over unfair labor practices. Over the past 3 months, Activision Blizzard as a company is under the federal agency lens for its culture of “constant sexual harassment” and “turning a blind eye to complaints”. Even the exit of some big executives such as Blizzard president J. Allen Brack, Head of HR Jesse Meschuk, and three more high profile Blizzard employees following the heat from the lawsuits. 

When contacted about the latest Subpoenaed, Activision Blizzard sent a statement to the WSJ addressing the SEC investigation and the ongoing pressure Activision Blizzard faces from lawsuits and government agencies:

We have made and are making a number of important changes to improve our policies and procedures to ensure that there is no place anywhere in our company for discrimination, harassment, or unequal treatment of any kind.

Tencent Beings Deploying Facial Recognition System To Detect Minors Gaming at Night

Prateek Jain
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Tencent Beings Deploying Facial Recognition System To Detect Minors Gaming at Night

Tencent Games, the gaming giant from China with shares in almost every gaming company on the planet is ready to launch one of the most talked-about and controversial surveillance systems to monitor minors gaming secretly at night. 

Tencent will be updating its gaming platform’s facial recognition and verification system to help and monitor minors and players who spend a significant amount of time gaming online. Tencent’s facial verification will be linked with China’s central public security system and will alert parents and authorities in case someone is found gaming past the midnight 10 p.m. curfew. 

Tencent dubs the initiative as“Midnight Patrol,” and aims to deter minors from using “tricks” to pose as adults between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.

“We will conduct a face screening for accounts registered with real names and that have played for a certain period of time at night. Anyone who refuses or fails the face verification will be treated as a minor, and as outlined in the anti-addiction supervision of Tencent’s game health system, and kicked offline,” said Tencent Games. 

The system will initially launch in over 60 popular games, including “Honor of Kings” and “Game for Peace.” The company plans to incorporate this feature in every game they offer in China at a later date.

The announcement has received mixed reactions from the public, with the younger generation marking it as “desperate news”, while the older generation is celebrating over the feature and calling it a game-changer in China’s drive against gaming addiction. 

COD Mobile celebrates 2nd anniversary with major Season 8 update

The Crew
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COD Mobile celebrates 2nd anniversary with major Season 8 update

Activision is back to celebrate Call of Duty Mobile’s 2nd Anniversary with their huge Season 8 update, featuring the new Blackout Battle Royale map, a new single-player experience, new items and events, a brand-new Battle Pass, and much more.

Call of Duty Mobile is a free-to-play shooter game developed by TiMi Studio Group and published by Activision for mobile gamers. The game was globally released on 1 October 2019. In the first year of its release, the game generated over US$480 million with 270 million downloads. The game will be completing its two years on 1st October 2021.

To celebrate this major milestone, they are bringing all kinds of goodies and surprises to the upcoming season. New Battle Royale map, New single-player experience, and major upgrades, events, and other anniversary content. Season 8 will be going live on September 22 at 5 PM PT on the 2nd anniversary. Read our complete article to know the complete details.

Battle Royale 2.0 Update: New Blackout Map, Health System, and More

2nd Anniversary will bring substantial upgrades to the Battle Royale experience, starting with the arrival of Blackout. The original Battle Royale map that players first experienced in Call of Duty Black Ops 4 is coming to mobile, including all its later additions like Hijacked and Nuketown.

The Battle Royale health system is changing, too. Instead of looting health-restoring items on the map, players will now regenerate their health over time, with armor providing additional health points. Armor now comes in three varieties: Armor Repair, Advanced Armor Repair, and Kinetic Armor Overcharger, each providing more armor than the last.

Improved Visuals, Looting System, and NPC Missions

Expect new and improved visuals throughout Battle Royale, as well as a new weapon-looting system. Players will no longer discover weapons of different rarity levels on the ground; instead, they will find base weapons with no attachments and then upgrade them with weapon attachments of various rarity levels. This gives you the chance to build out your weapons the way you want.

Prepare for a new single-player experience, too! Take on the role of a captured soldier rescued by Captain Price during the retreat from Isolated. Engage in epic combat and link up with the rest of the UAC across Blackout.

Season 8 also revamps some of the core Battle Royale classes and adds improved vehicle handling and UI, along with other updates set to push Battle Royale to the next level. Stay tuned in-game for further notes and details when 2nd Anniversary launches.  

“Wild Rift Horizon Cup is not Wild Rift Worlds,” says Riot Esports Head

Divyesh Moghe
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“Wild Rift Horizon Cup is not Wild Rift Worlds,” says Riot Esports Head

Riot Games is establishing a sustainable esports ecosystem for their mobile title League of Legends: Wild Rift. Currently, multiple regional tournaments are hosted around the globe and top teams from each league will ultimately clash in their first ever international tournament called Wild Rift Horizon Cup.

Leo Faria, Wild Rift Esports Head at Riot Games, recently tweeted about this upcoming event and clarified that Horizon Cup will not be equal to Wild Rift WORLDS. He stated that Wild Rift Horizon Cup will be “a kick off tournament to launch the sports to the world.”

Wild Rift Horizon Cup will be the pinnacle of LOL: Wild Rift esports where top ten teams from around the world will gather in Singapore to compete to become first ever world champions.

This tournament is right around the corner and League of Legends fanbase drew parallels between Horizon Cup and LOL Worlds. League of Legends World Championship is the most celebrated and auspicious esports event for the title and it has made a huge impact on esports industry over the last ten years.

Wild Rift fans expected a similar kind of international esports event from Riot Games and when Horizon Cup was announced, it was termed as Wild Rift Worlds by many. As per Leo Faria, this event will just be a start of something bigger in terms of global competition.

He also stated that upcoming Wild Rift international events will not be called as Worlds and termed as something entirely different. Wild Rift Horizon Cup will begin from 13th November and fans will witness an ultimate level of competition taking place in a LAN environment.

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Report: Heroic Tried To Make Its Players Sign NDA To Stop Them From Talking About Coach Bug

Mohd Laraib
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Report: Heroic Tried To Make Its Players Sign NDA To Stop Them From Talking About Coach Bug

In a new finding, renowned esports journalist, Dexerto’s Richard Lewis has found documents that prove that Heroic did indeed try to make the roster sign an NDA. This confirms the allegations made by HUNDEN just a few weeks ago after being banned by the ESIC, where he claimed that the org tried to make him sign an NDA along with the players.

Apparently, the NDA would prevent the players and the coach from talking about any cheating allegations or even the use of the Bug for 15 years and would result in a half a million dollar fine if breached.

This COMPLETELY contradicts the claims made by the coach that he worked off his own accord when he was first found guilty, as it is clear that the organisation knew about it every step of the way. In addition, the Heroic org never tried to come forth themselves even after knowing about such a bug, and the fact that his team made use of it.

What is more as per the report, is that HUNDEN and the Chief Gaming Officer of Heroic, Erik Askered can be seen conversing about the bug and the punishment and how the coach was seemingly ‘taking a bullet for the team and would be remembered for his actions.

Heroic also tried to keep HUNDEN involved as a coach as much as possible while he served his ESIC ban and were even willing to let him coach them for non-ESIC sanctioned events. These new findings absolutely reek of zero competitive integrity by Heroic and prove that they were doing their level best to keep the Bug in play without anyone knowing. Heroic already seem to be in trouble as they lost all their sponsors recently.

This is the first claim of HUNDEN that’s come true, after he first accused players ‘niko’ and ‘TeSeS’ of knowing about the bug, which is still under investigation by the ESIC.
More about the report can be found here.

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